From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B0AE61382C5 for ; Mon, 24 May 2021 00:41:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D387E086D; Mon, 24 May 2021 00:41:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out7.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out7.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.107]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19925E0843 for ; Mon, 24 May 2021 00:41:25 +0000 (UTC) X-SMTP-MATCH: 0 IronPort-Data: =?us-ascii?q?A9a23=3Af19RTqzd+LAVQZcL8PV6t+fQxCrEfRIJ4+Muj?= =?us-ascii?q?C+fZmUNrF6WrkUOzWcbCz+CP/eONjTwc9FxbNzj9kpS65/SmNRnTwdppX1mF?= =?us-ascii?q?C0U8ZefVIrHIhz5Yy7OcJKeEho3v59CZ4iYd5ltEiaM9xygG4a6oCgn38lkZ?= =?us-ascii?q?FZc5M0om8xJqLwNpB4J0XqPoMZkxN4y6TSFK1nV44qq/peGYAbNNwNcawr41?= =?us-ascii?q?YrS8HuDg9yv4Fv0jnRmDRx6lAe2e0s9VfrzFonoR5fMebS4K8bhLwr1IBBVy?= =?us-ascii?q?UuCl/slIovNfr/TLhZQGuaKVeSEoiI+t6OK2nCuqgRuifxjbKJ0VKtZt9mJt?= =?us-ascii?q?4gZJNRlsJWxTUEoOKPWkaIZVBJRFy15OKRH/tcrI1Dl65TVlRabNSSyhaozZ?= =?us-ascii?q?K01FdRwFuJfC2BK8f8wKTELYwzFge+qhrumIgVprp94dpGzY9JB4RmMyhmcV?= =?us-ascii?q?57KW6vrTKjM+dhfmSori9pmGffFe9FfZjdpcBPHJRpVNT8q5DgW9AuzriOlK?= =?us-ascii?q?3gC8w/Q+vRyvDWVwB13lrnsNtfJPNqHWYNcgy6lSqv91zyRKnkn2Ba3lFJpK?= =?us-ascii?q?k6Ru9I=3D?= IronPort-HdrOrdr: =?us-ascii?q?A9a23=3AGZEVJa2QSPscufWg3WkPZgqjBIkkLtp133?= =?us-ascii?q?Aq2lEZdPU1SL3gqynKpp8mPHDP+VEssR0b6LK90dC7IU80lqQFgrX5X43OYO?= =?us-ascii?q?COggLBRr2Ki7GSpwEIcBeOkNK1u50QFpSWP+edMbGqt6fHCFjRKbgdKIfuys?= =?us-ascii?q?+Vuds=3D?= X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2DxDQC79apg/0tM69xaHQEBAQEJARI?= =?us-ascii?q?BBQUBQAmBToN4AQEBhTCJBIcgAQEBAQEBBoESaAGDfIYakloLAQEBAQEBAQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BCUEEAQGEcIFhJjgTAgQVAQEBBQEBAQEBBgMBgQSFaQyGbg8BI0IBFQImAl8?= =?us-ascii?q?NCAEBgm2CYiWoVYEygQGEZIUbgRAqhwcBgmODeUN9gRCBPA+CNoUOC4M1gmM?= =?us-ascii?q?EgkAHggl1gTCQd41+nFeDIZ1MBQsFJJRlCJBflT2kQoEyOYF9TR8ZgyVPGQ6?= =?us-ascii?q?NdwGPAjQBAQFnAgYBCQEBAwmGZoJHAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2DxDQC79apg/0tM69xaHQEBAQEJARIBBQUBQAmBToN4A?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBhTCJBIcgAQEBAQEBBoESaAGDfIYakloLAQEBAQEBAQEBCUEEAQGEcIFhJ?= =?us-ascii?q?jgTAgQVAQEBBQEBAQEBBgMBgQSFaQyGbg8BI0IBFQImAl8NCAEBgm2CYiWoV?= =?us-ascii?q?YEygQGEZIUbgRAqhwcBgmODeUN9gRCBPA+CNoUOC4M1gmMEgkAHggl1gTCQd?= =?us-ascii?q?41+nFeDIZ1MBQsFJJRlCJBflT2kQoEyOYF9TR8ZgyVPGQ6NdwGPAjQBAQFnA?= =?us-ascii?q?gYBCQEBAwmGZoJHAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.82,319,1613404800"; d="scan'208,217";a="332007963" Received: from 220-235-76-75.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO mail.infra.localdomain) ([220.235.76.75]) by icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 24 May 2021 08:41:22 +0800 Received: from localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.infra.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CA249DAD2F for ; Mon, 24 May 2021 08:41:21 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.infra.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.infra.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LXFA6uHbgIuh for ; Mon, 24 May 2021 08:41:14 +0800 (AWST) From: William Kenworthy To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Subject: [gentoo-user] USB WiFi dongle for gentoo based AP Message-ID: <28e855ea-b56b-77bf-99b0-9476f88be57e@iinet.net.au> Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 08:41:13 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-AU Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: dc20f8ca-85e3-4f51-a73e-d9c13b87712c X-Archives-Hash: f64738bc0e81f7a9e512537680216a24

Does anyone have experience with USB WiFi dongles? - I have purchased a couple of ones with different chip sets and cant find a satisfactory one:

ralink 2870: just usable, but well known problem with errors when stressed. (IoT power switches are resetting and powecycling equipment including computers when the connection dropped/reconnects due to errors/timeouts in my case)

atheros (9k_htc): limited by linux driver to two VAP's, patches to add VAP's didnt work with later kernels (has been awhile, has this changed?)

Realtek (various): messy and limited functionality in the linux driver support out of kernel, limited coverage in kernel, mostly cant seem to do VAP's at all.


specs needed:

    Works with hostapd VAP/VLAN's - up to 8 VAP's, preferably more.

    Can handle a lot of (30 or so, mostly IoT ESP2866 and the like) WiFi clients

    2.4 Mhz, G/N standard

    USB3 preferred but optional

BillK